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Well here I go again with a winter project. Buy an old piece of bakery equipment (cheap) then clean and fix it up.

This is a Dutchess Model RR-36 Combination Roll Divider/Rounder I'm thinking about 25 years old. This picture makes it look small-ish in fact this is the picture he sent me to show me the machine. SO NOT TRUE!!! It is nothing but heavy cast iron and lots of steel. After I bought it I discovered it's estimated weight is 900 lbs. ( good thing I own heavy equipment to move it)

It has been sitting in my kitchen for a number of months and life only allowed a quick glance at it now and then.

Today I decided to start this thing. It was cold, snowy, wind blowing outside so what's better then a nice indoor project.

I decided to start with the head and dismantle it then clean and put back together. This is the part that squishes the dough to spread it out in the ring then the cutters chomp down and cut the dough into equal portions. Then flip a switch and it makes the cut portions round. So this part gets quite intimate with the dough.

Now this was being used by a bagel shop when I bought it. They sold the bagels to the public (you and me) this is what I found when I removed the center pressing section.

Very old crusty dough and mouse droppings. This is just from one small section the rest was just as bad.

Just what I want hidden in my food...Yuck

This looks like a fun but heavy project Everything is mechanically sound so this is a dismantle and clean, paint project and I expect not to need any parts to make it operational.

I didn't think about that until you mentioned it....Yuck It had mouse signs when it got here and I gave it a quick cleaning of what I could see. This section required dismantling to get to. but still...yuck

LOL...I'm glad mice hate me because I have a real dislike of them...But I do keep them well fed (with the green cube bait from the feed and grain store)

I live in an old farm house so mice are a part of the country scene. I don't mind them outside but inside is my space. The mice love the green cubes I put in the crawl space and in the attic so rarely are they in my space.

Cats: they belong outside as well. Not sure which I would have more of a problem with cats or mice in the house. Cats scratch around in the litter box then jump on the kitchen counters...more yuck.

I had a boyfriend that got angry at me and while I was away on a trip he set 24 big rats free in my house. Mom was checking on my house while I was away, she walked in and said it was like a scene from the movie Willard. Took a week and a case of Clorox bleach to feel like I could live here again.

No it's not hydraulic. The press and cutter section is woman powered. Just pull the big leaver then unlock the knives. The bottom plate is electric it just moves in a small circle and that is what rounds the dough.

I got this nasty thing called dyslexia. I just can't see the words correctly so spelling is quite difficult. As you just saw I can spell the same word differently three times in a row. Numbers are real fun as well. I edit the best I can but sometimes things slip through.

Mini, it has RR-numbers on almost every piece and every number is different. So far the only serial number I can find is on the electric motor. As I tear it down I will keep an eye out. I could also send a picture to Dutchess and ask for an approximate age.

I actually work with numbers. So I just need to take my time and check myself often. I know I have this problem so I have learned ways to adapt but still at times things slip. I hate having to dial the phone three times to get it right even though I'm looking at the number. Easier on my phone the shows me what I have punched in already.

Ian, Actually I'm a big animal person I just don't like hair in my food or poopie feet on my kitchen counters. Yes ex- boyfriend of some 20 years. I still and forevermore refer to him as Rat Boy. :-)

Another Project? It is amazing that you have time for the project when you are already working full time, baking and also fixing heavy equipment! My, my, my. Ican't wait to come to bake with you and get to see your wood fire oven! What are you going to do with the machine? Making bagels?

Hi Faith! It turns out that my father-in-law has the same machine, it seems a little more run down than yours. I have found no other information about it other than your post here and was PRAYING that you can scan and upload that manual (what he really needs). Hope you've been using it for cool things!

No problem I have the manual right here. PM me your address and I will scan it to a .pdf file and email it to you. I won't be able to get to it until this weekend.

Actually I have not used it yet. Life and work...mostly work has kept me from working on it much but it is getting back to the top of my to-do list. I have many things that really could use the divider like English muffins, rolls, braided breads, pretzels, and the list goes on and on.

i will go on ahead and take some photos of it tomorrow, you will see what i mean about it being in rough shape. that is so nice of you and my father-in-law will be pleased. i will also PM you my email address, thanks again!!

I'm not entirely sure what he plans are with it, I'm assuming he wants to fix it up and possibly resell it. There is a little bit of a language barrier with him as he speaks proper Spanish and I don't. =/

RR-36 divider rounder, how did the rebuild go and was it worth it? Mine's fairly gross too. Pictures of your finished product? I understand there are 18 divider knives out there and even a 9. I see this is a fairly old thread, but I figure it's worth a try. Thanks!

Yes I put the restoration on hold and have been trying to get back to it. Mine has a 36 cutter head. So sorry no new pictures. I did picked up a Dutchess BMIH 36 and 18 that machine is so cool. My current project is a Rondo syn306 dough sheeter. It is in pieces where my kitchen table was once sitting.

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